Music at Midday downtown

National City Christian Church presents Music at Midday on Fridays from 12:15-1 pm.  The church is at 5 Thomas Circle NW in DC.  Donations are gratefully accepted.
Music at Midday will resume in September.

Sept. 13: University of Chicago scholar and organist Jacob Reed  performs works by Fanny Hensel, W.A. Mozart and J.S. Bach.

Sept. 20: Composer and organist Angela Kraft Cross (San Mateo, CA) performs two of her own works, including the recently composed “Homage to Martin Luther King, Jr.,” along with works of R. Nathaniel Dett, Maurice Duruflé and Charles-
Marie Widor.

Sept. 27: Boston organist Justin Brueggeman performs works by Frank Bridge, J.S. Bach and Marcel Dupré.

Oct. 4: Chicago violinist Sara Su Jones and Ukrainian pianist Tatyana Stepanova perform a delightful variety of music by George Frideric Handel, Amy Beach, Rebecca Clark, Dorothy Howell and Robert Russell Bennett.

Oct.11: British organist Edward Hewes performs works by
composers W. A. Mozart, Samuel Barber and George Baker.

Oct. 18: Washington area organist Kitty Yang, originally from Taiwan, performs works of Johann Sebastian Bach, Astor Piazzolla, Antonio Vivaldi, George Gershwin and Charles-Marie Widor.

Oct. 25: Czech organist Ondřej Hořnas returns to Washington and performs a transcription of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 in C minor.

Organ events

Tuesday, Oct. 1, 12:10 pm: Washington Bach Consort Noon Cantata Series presents Ich armer Mensch, BWV 55. Church of the Epiphany, 1317 G St. NW.

Sunday, Oct. 13, 4 pm: Iris Lan plays a recital at the Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land, 1400 Quincy St. NE.

Saturday, Oct. 19, 9:30 am-12:45 pm: Dr. James Abbington, editor of One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism: An African American Ecumenical Hymnal,  is hosting a reading session featuring the hymnal. Early registration of $25 includes a music packet with the hymnal. Late/walk-in fee is $30 (music packet not guaranteed). Second Baptist Church of District Heights, 5501 Silver Hill Road, District Heights, MD. Go to giamusic.com/reading-session-registration/41.

Sunday, Oct. 20, 4 pm: Nathaniel Gumbs plays as part of the Wickre Concert Series at St. Luke Lutheran Church, 9100 Colesville Road, Silver Spring. 

Tuesday, Oct. 22, 12:10 pm: Organist Ondrej Hornas presents Antonin Dvorak’s Symphony No. 9 (“New World”). Hornas studied organ in his native Czech Republic and France, obtaining his master’s degree at the Academy of Performing Arts in Perague. Church of the Epiphany, 1317 G St. NW.

Sunday, Oct. 27, 6 pm: Mass with guest organist Thierry Escaich of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. Mass will be celebrated in the liturgical style of Notre Dame with liturgical organ improvisation. Dahlgren Chapel of the Sacred Heart, Georgetown University. Free.

Monday, Oct. 28, 7 pm: Silent film with improvised organ accompaniment by Thierry Escaich of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. Frate Sole  is a 1918 silent film directed by Ugo Falena based on the life of St. Francis of Assisi. Dahlgren Chapel of the Sacred Heart, Georgetown University. Free.
 
Tuesday, Oct. 29, 12:10 pm: Washington National Cathedral organist Thomas Sheehan performs in the Epiphany Tuesday Concert Series. Church of the Epiphany, 1317 G St. NW.

Nov. 10: Jordan Prescott plays a recital at the Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land, 1400 Quincy St. NE.

Dec. 8: Brass of Peace and organist Lisa Tyler play a recital at the Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land, 1400 Quincy St. NE.